Window-pane fastener



w. LEICHTFUSS. WINDOW PANE FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 12| |921.

l j426,204, Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

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Figure 2 is 'an enlarged detail sectionalv WILLIAM LEICHTFUSS, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

WINDOV-PANE FASTENER.

To @ZZ 107mm t may concern i Be it known that I, vWiLLiAiirLiiioi-iriinss, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ofthecity of-Neiv York, Elmhurst,l in the borough of Queens and county ofQueens` and State of New York, have invented a new and improvedlWindow-Pane Fastener,v of which the following is a full, clear, ander;4 act description.

This invention relates to Window pane fasteners for securing andretaining Window panes in the sashes in lieu of putty.

.The device isespecially designed for use in connection With hot housesashes Where the employment ofput-ty' for this purpose has been foundVextremely undesirable fin that the heat tends to. crack anddry out theputty after a short length of time( TheV inventionv seelrs for one ofitsprincipal objects to provide a simple and inex- 'pensiveipanefasteningA means-Which is easy' to apply or remove and lWhich When ar#ranged in place will function to efficiently` retain the. pane in thesash irrespective of extreme temperatures to 'which the same maybesubjected. Y n

Another object of the inventionl resides in the provision of a fasteningor retaining means which isl held inplace by headed fastening elementssuch as nails, screws er the like and which is constructed in such ainanner as to shield the, heads of the fastening elements to preventcatching of the clothing thereon or tearing' of the hands,

With the above recited and other objects in View the invention residesin the novel construction andl arrangement of parts set forth inthefollowing specification, pointedout-'iii the appendedclaimlaiiddisclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure l is a sectionaly perspective view illustrating the use andapplication of the vieiv of the saine.

Referring to the drawings'bylcharactersf of reference,4 l() designatesthe sash .rails` v16. The depressedl portion of the strip lisSpecification of Letters Patent. Pgpijgntggd Aug-e 15 1922.

Aniilcation iiled Anril 12, 1921.

Serial No. 460,761.

formed With a plurality of spaced apertures 17 for the reception of thefastening` ele ments 18 ,provided With heads 19. In use and applicationof the fastener the strip is arranged obliquely in the corner formed atthe juncture of the pane 13 ivith the sash rail, with the opposite edgesof said strip respectively engaging said rail and the pane.

rllhe fastening elements i8 arepassed through the apertures 17 and theextremities thereof are anchored in the sash approximately at thepoint'of contactv of the edge of the pane therewith. Vhen the fasteningelements have been driven home the heads .19are designed to lie Withinthe grooves 16 formed by the depression l5 whereby to jprotect the same.The jdepress'edportion 15 in additionto forming the grooves 16,Aconlength of the strip. The strip as stated is preferably formed ofmetal or any other `suitable material which is comparatively rigid. twill thus be seen that a simple, in!

expensive pane fastening is Aprovided which is lreadily applicabletoasash or 'removablef stitutes a. strengthening rib throughout thef`therefrom, yand one-which vvill resist tlie-eX- treme differencesintemperatu're to VWhich it inav be subjected.

Willi/ile there has been illustrated and de;l

scribed a single and preferred embodiment of the invention, novlimitation is necessarily i made to the precise structural detail as itis.

understood that variations and .modifications which fall Within the.4scope ofthe appended "t claim may beuresorted kto'Wlien found eX- lpedieiit.

I claim tending centrally arranged V-sh-aped depression forining agroovepof gradually-decreasing Widths at the transverse. center ofsaidist said strip` adapted'V for obli-que nent ivith'in the angieformedat the A device for fastening" a Window pane, in a rabbeted sash,comprising` a flat metallic strip or material having a longitudinallyeX- juncture of the pane with the sash to dispose the opposite edgesthereof respectively in engagement With the sash and pane, said stripladapted to 'have fastening elements dr4V 'en through the il-shapeddepressed portion thereof and anchored in the sash with.

Athe heads thereof disposed Within the groove) dened by the depressedportion ofthe strip whereby said heads will be gripped by the nV-shape'd groove and retained ina counter- Y sunk position.

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